Cfp for "The Sixteenth Century Society" (Chicago, 29-31 ottobre 2026)

Call for Papers

The Sixteenth Century Society: A Society for Early Modern Studies

Deadline for submission: April 12, 2026

The Sixteenth Century Society (SCS) is pleased to invite proposals for individual presentations, panels, roundtables, and workshops for its annual conference which will take place at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago on October 29-31, 2026. Please note that this conference will begin on Thursday morning and end on Saturday evening. The deadline for submissions is April 12, 2026.

The Sixteenth Century Society promotes a broad range of scholarships in the early modern era (c. 1450-c. 1750). We encourage submissions from international scholars and warmly welcome advanced graduate students, independent and early-career scholars, and postdoctoral researchers. For more information about the SCSC, please see the conference website.

To know more about the panels in the Italian Studies Discipline, please contact Daniela D'Eugenio at deugeni@uark.edu.